WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/L/617 
2 August 2005 
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 Original:   English 
  
G8 GLENEAGLES SUMMIT 
6-8 JULY 2005 
 
Summit Documents
 
  
 The following Gleneagles Summit documents, rece ived 12 July 2005, are being circulated at 
the request of the delegation of the United Kingdom.  
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I. CHAIR’S SUMMARY, GLENEAGLES SUMMIT, 8 JULY 
Gleneagles Summit 
 
We met at Gleneagles for our annual Summit, 6-8 July 2005.  
 Terrorist Attacks on London  
 
All the world leaders who gathered at Glen eagles yesterday and today condemned the 
barbaric attacks on London and offered our profou nd condolences to the victims and their families.  
We came to Gleneagles to work to combat poverty and save and improve lives.  We have not allowed 
violence to disrupt the work of this Summit.  The terrorists have not and will not succeed.  As well as 
our work on poverty and climate change, we resolved  to intensify our work on counter terrorism.  
 
Climate Change  
 
We were joined for our discussion on climate ch ange and the global economy by the leaders 
of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Afri ca and by the heads of the International Energy 
Agency, International Monetary Fund, Unite d Nations, World Bank, and the World Trade 
Organization.   
We have issued a statement setting out our  common purpose in tackling climate change, 
promoting clean energy and achieving sustainable development.  
 
All of us agreed that climate change is happe ning now, that human activity is contributing to 
it, and that it could affect every part of the globe.   
We know that, globally, emissions must slow, peak and then decline, moving us towards a 
low-carbon economy.  This will require leadership from the developed world.   
We resolved to take urgent action to meet th e challenges we face.  The Gleneagles Plan of 
Action which we have agreed demonstrates our co mmitment.  We will take measures to develop 
markets for clean energy technologies, to increase th eir availability in deve loping countries, and to 
help vulnerable communities adapt to the impact of climate change.  WT/L/617 
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 We warmly welcomed the involvement of the leaders of the emerging economy countries in 
our discussions, and their ideas for new approaches  to international cooperation on clean energy 
technologies between the develope d and developing world.  
 
Our discussions mark the beginning of a new Dialogue between the G8 nations and other 
countries with significant energy needs, consistent with the aims and principles of the UN Framework 
Convention on Climate Change.  This will explore how best to  exchange technology, reduce 
emissions, and meet our energy needs in a sustainable way, as we implement and build on the Plan of Action.   
We will advance the global effort to tackle  climate change at the UN Climate Change 
Conference in Montreal later this year.  Those of  us who have ratified the Kyoto Protocol remain 
committed to it, and will continue to work to make it a success.   
Africa and Development   
 
We were joined for our discussion on Africa and development by the leaders of Algeria, 
Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa a nd Tanzania and by the heads of the African Union 
Commission, International Monetary Fund,  United Nations and the World Bank.  
 
We discussed how to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Goals, especially in Africa 
which has the furthest to go to achieve these goals by 2015.  
 
We welcomed the substantial progress Africa has made in recent years.  More countries have 
held democratic elections.  Econ omic growth is accelerating. L ong running conflicts are being 
brought to an end.  
 
We agreed that we and our African partners  had a common interest in building on that 
progress to create a strong, peaceful and prosperous Africa;  we share a strong moral conviction that this should be done, and have agreed the actions that we will take.   
The African leaders set out their personal commi tment, reaffirmed strongly at this week’s 
African Union summit, to drive forward plans to reduce poverty and promote economic growth;  
deepen transparency and good gove rnance;  strengthen democratic institutions and processes;  show 
zero tolerance for corruption;  remove all obstacles to intra-African trade;  and bring about lasting 
peace and security across the continent.   
 The G8 in return agreed a comprehensive plan to support Africa’s progress.  This is set out in 
our separate statement today.  We agreed:  
 
• to provide extra resources for Africa’s peacekeepi ng forces so that they can better deter, 
prevent and resolve conflicts in Africa; 
 
• to give enhanced support for greater democracy, effective governance and transparency, 
and to help fight corruptio n and return stolen assets; 
 
• to boost investment in health and educati on, and to take action to combat HIV/AIDS, 
malaria, TB and other killer diseases; 
 
• to stimulate growth, to improve the investment  climate and to make trade work for Africa, 
including by helping to build Africa’s capacity  to trade and working to mobilise the extra 
investment in infrastructure which is needed for business. 
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  The G8 leaders agreed to back  this plan with substantial extra resources for countries which 
have strong national development plans and ar e committed to good governance, democracy and 
transparency. We agreed that poor countries must decide and lead their ow n development strategies 
and economic policies.  
 
 We have agreed to double aid for Africa by  2010.  Aid for all developing countries will 
increase, according to the OECD, by around $50bn per year by 2010, of which at least $25bn extra 
per year for Africa.  A group of G8 and other c ountries will also take forward innovative financing 
mechanisms including the IFF for immunisation, an air-ticket solidarity levy and the IFF to deliver 
and bring forward the financing, and a worki ng group will consider the implementation of these 
mechanisms.  We agreed that the World Bank should have a leading role in supporting the partnership 
between the G8, other donors and Africa, helping to en sure that additional assi stance is effectively 
coordinated.  
 
 The G8 has also agreed that all of the debts owed by eligible heavily indebted poor countries 
to IDA, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Fund should be cancelled, as 
set out in our Finance Ministers agreement on 11 June.  We also welcomed the Paris Club decision to 
write off around $17 billion of Nigeria's debt.  
 
 The G8 and African leaders ag reed that if implemented these measures and the others set out 
in our comprehensive plan could:  
 
• double the size of Africa’s economy and trade by 2015; 
 
• deliver increased domestic and foreign investment; 
 
• lift tens of millions of people out of poverty every year; 
 
• save millions of lives a year; 
 
• get all children into primary school; 
 
• deliver free basic health care and primary education for all; 
 
• provide as close as possible to universal access to treatment for AIDS by 2010; 
 
• generate employment and other opportunities for young people; 
 
• bring about an end to conflict in Africa. 
 
 In order to ensure delivery, we agreed to st rengthen the African Partners Forum and that it 
should establish a Joint Action Plan.  
 
 But we know this is only the beginning.  We mu st build on the progress we have made today. 
We must take this spirit forward to the UN Mille nnium Review Summit in New York in September, 
and ensure a successful conclusion to  the Doha Development Agenda.  
 
Global Economy, Oil and Trade   
 
We discussed the outlook for global economic growth, which we expect to remain robust.  
We recognized that maintaining this growth is a ch allenge, and reaffirmed that each of our countries 
must play its part to support long-term sustainabl e growth.  Higher and more volatile oil prices are an 
issue of particular concern both to us and to vulne rable developing countries.  We emphasize the need 
for concrete actions to reduce market volatility th rough more comprehensive transparent and timely 
data.  WT/L/617 
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We agreed to redouble our efforts to achieve a successful conclusion across the whole of the 
Doha Development Agenda.  We saw this as vita l to drive growth and boost incomes across the 
world, and a necessary element of our work to re duce global poverty.  We and our emerging economy 
partners agreed to inject the necessary political momentum into th e discussion to ensure an outline 
agreement by the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial in December, and a final agreement in 2006.  
 
We reaffirmed our commitment to open markets more widely to trade in agricultural goods, 
industrial goods and services, and in agriculture to  reduce trade distorting domestic subsidies and 
eliminate all forms of export subsidies by a credible end date.  We also committed to address products 
of interest to Least Developed Countries in the negotiations, and to ensure Least Developed Countries 
have the flexibility to decide their own economic strategies.   
We issued statements on the global economy and oil, trade, and on action to reduce 
Intellectual Property Right piracy and counterfeiting.  
 
Regional Issues and Proliferation   
 
We met James Wolfensohn, the Quartet's Speci al Envoy for Disengagement, who briefed on 
his work to help ensure a successful Israeli disenga gement from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, and 
his proposals for long-term follow-up to that process, laying the foundations for the viability of a 
future Palestinian state.  We welcomed and strongl y endorsed his efforts, and will explore how best to 
support his proposals for the future.   
We reconfirmed our commitment to the Partnership for Progress and a Common Future with 
the Region of the Broader Middle East and North Africa, based on genuine cooperation between the 
G8 and the governments, business and civil society of  the region.  We welcomed steps taken in the 
region to accelerate political, economic, social and ed ucational reform and stressed our support for the 
emerging momentum in the region for change. We look forward to the Forum for the Future in Bahrain in November 2005 as an opportunity to further advance the work of the partnership.   
Six months on from the enormous tragedy of the Indian Ocean disaster on 26 December 2004, 
we have underlined our support for UN work on post- tsunami humanitarian aid and reconstruction, as 
well as confirming our commitment to reduce the risk  from future disasters and to encourage reform 
of the humanitarian system.   
We reaffirmed that the proliferation of w eapons of mass destruction and their delivery 
systems, together with international terrorism, rema in the pre-eminent threats to international peace 
and security.  We reaffirmed our commitments and called on all States to uphold in full international 
norms on non-proliferation and to meet their ar ms control and disarmament obligations. We 
emphasized our determination to meet proliferati on challenges decisively, through both national and 
multilateral efforts.  We expressed particular concern about the threat of proliferation in North Korea 
and Iran.  
 
On Iran we support the efforts of France, Ge rmany and the UK, with the EU, to address 
through negotiation the concerns  about Iran's nuclear programme, and expressed once again the 
importance of Iran combating terrorism, supporting peace in the Middle East and respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms.  
 
On North Korea, we support the Six Party Talks and urged North Korea to return promptly to 
them.  We call on North Korea to abandon its nucl ear weapons-related programmes.  Action is also 
long overdue for North Korea to respond to the in ternational community's concern over its human 
rights record and the abductions issue.  
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  We discussed the situations in Sudan and in Iraq and issued separate statements setting out 
our common approach. We also issued statements  on the Middle East Peace Process, the Broader 
Middle East and North Africa Initiative, the Indian Ocean disaster, and counter-proliferation, and a 
progress report on the Secure and Facilitated Travel Initiative (SAFTI). In addition, we discussed:  
 
• Afghanistan, where we reaffirmed our co mmitment to support the Government and 
people of Afghanistan as they tackle thei r long term challenges of reconstruction, 
security, counter-narcotics, and restoring the ru le of law, and welcomed the forthcoming 
Parliamentary and Provincial elections; 
 
• Lebanon, where we welcomed the recent el ections and looked forward to the early 
formation of a new Lebanese Government made up of respected members of society, who support reform, and are committed to protecti ng the sovereignty of their country. We 
reiterated that UN Security Council Resoluti on 1559 must be applied in its entirety; 
 
• Zimbabwe, where we deplored recent events.  The forced demolition of buildings there 
has left hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans without housing or livelihoods, and caused great human suffering.  We call on the Zimbabwean authorities to end this 
campaign now, address immediately the situation they have created, and respect human rights and the rule of law. 
 
 We welcome the visit of the UN Secretary-Gene ral’s Special Envoy. We look forward to her 
report on the situation. We will c ontinue to support the UN and othe r international organizations in 
their efforts to provide food and humanitarian  assistance to all those in need in Zimbabwe 
 
• Haiti, where we expressed concern at the dete riorating security situation. We underlined 
the need for sustained international engage ment, including through the active efforts of 
the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti, in supp ort of a secure and stable environment, 
essential for elections later in 2005, and for the country's long-term development 
 
• UN Reform, where we agreed that the progress made at Gleneagles should contribute to a 
clear and ambitious outcome at the UN M illennium Review Summit in September. We 
reiterate the importance we attach to significant progress on development, security and 
human rights, and also on UN administrative reform, at the Summit.  
  We welcomed the offer of the President of th e Russian Federation to host our next Summit in 
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 II. TRADE 
1. A successful conclusion to the WTO Doha De velopment Agenda (DDA) would be one of the 
most effective ways to generate economic growth , create potential for development and raise living 
standards across the world.  We are committed to strengthening the multilateral trading system.  Last 
year we agreed on the importance of seizing the opportunity before us to help ensure that growth in 
trade would continue to be a key to boosting global  prosperity for develope d and developing countries 
alike.  We welcome the progress since Sea Island to  put these negotiations firmly back on track. We 
pledge ourselves to work to further increase mo mentum towards our goal of an ambitious and 
balanced outcome in the negotiations, our highest co mmon priority in trade policy for the year ahead.  
We call on all WTO Members to work with greater urgency to bring these ne gotiations to conclusion 
by the end of 2006. The Hong Kong Ministerial in December will be a critical stepping stone towards 
that goal.  2. We are committed to improving the particip ation of developing c ountries and to supporting 
increased trade, including south-south trade, and re gional integration which is crucial to catalysing 
economic growth and raising incom es in developing countries.  We recognize that, in particular, least 
developed countries face specific problems in integra ting into the international trading system and 
will continue to work to ensure that there is a ppropriate flexibility in the DDA negotiations.  This 
flexibility will help least developed countries to decide, plan and sequence their overall economic 
reforms in line with their country-led developmen t programmes and their international obligations. 
 
3. We must focus on the core issues to create new market opportunities.  In agriculture, we are 
committed to substantially reducing trade-distorti ng domestic support and substantially improving 
market access.  We are also committed to eliminating all fo rms of export subsidies and establishing 
disciplines on all export measures with equivalent e ffect by a credible end date.  We are also 
committed to opening markets more widely to trade in non-agricultural products, expanding 
opportunities for trade in services, improving trade rules and improving customs and other relevant 
procedures to facilitate trade. In this spirit, we also reiterate our commitment to the objective of duty-
free and quota-free market access for products origin ating from LDCs.  We will pursue a high and 
consistent level of ambition in all areas. We also  recognize the importance of addressing products of 
interest to LDCs as part of the single undertaki ng of the DDA. We commit to work, in partnership 
with others and recognising Members' sensitivities,  with renewed energy and constructiveness, to 
seize this historic opportunity to deliver on the ambitions agreed at Doha in 2001.  WT/L/617 
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 III. AFRICA 
A historic opportunity 
 
1. This is a moment of opportunity for Africa.  Its leaders have embraced a new vision for the 
continent's future which recognizes their leading ro le in addressing the continent's challenges and 
realising its opportunities. 
 2. There are now just ten years in which to take  the action needed for all developing countries to 
meet the Goals agreed at the Millennium Summit in 2000.  We should continue the G8 focus on 
Africa, which is the only continent not on track  to meet any of the Goals of the Millennium 
Declaration by 2015. 
 3. Important progress has been made.  In the past  five years, more than two thirds of sub-
Saharan African countries have had de mocratic elections.  Inflation is a fifth of levels a decade ago. 
Growth in sixteen African countries averaged over 4 per cent in the past decade, higher than in any 
major developed country.  24 African countries have  now signed up to have their progress reviewed 
by their peers.  And the promotion of good governance, peace and security and economic 
development is at the heart of the African Unio n (AU) and its programme, the New Partnership for 
Africa's Development (NEPAD).  4. The G8 has focussed on issues of importance to Africa at every Summit since the late 1990s 
(see Annex I). 
Building on Progress: A Renewed Commitment to Africa
 
 
5. Further progress in Africa depends above a ll on its own leaders and its own people.  We 
welcome their commitment to take responsibility for developing their continen t, and to promote good 
governance and take action against corruption in their countries.  We want to help them ensure that 
reforms in Africa gain momentum: today we renew our own commitment to support countries and people making such efforts.  6. We have therefore agreed a set of furt her measures designed to help Africa build the 
successful future all of us want to see, many of which will be applicable to other poor countries.  
These actions must be undertaken in a coordinated and coherent manner.  Better governance, stability 
and peace are necessary for the priv ate sector to grow and create jobs;  a growing private sector 
creates more revenue for investment in health and education; increased numbers of healthy, well-skilled people will improve capacity for governance .  These mutually-reinforcing actions should 
accelerate the self-sustaining growth of Africa and end aid dependency in the long term. 
 
7. Our commitments today build on Africa's own efforts, set out in the AU and NEPAD strategies and programme;  and on the G8's p ast and present commitments. Progress on the Africa 
Action Plan, agreed at Kananaskis, has been review ed by our Africa Personal Representatives.  We 
have also noted the conclusions of the recent report of the Commission for Africa.  Other countries are willing to share their experience of successful economic development, including in Asia, and we 
recognize that South-South cooperation can make a signi ficant contribution.  In some areas we intend 
to strengthen our support for what is already workin g; in others a reinforced effort is required. 
Peace and Stability
 
 
8. Peace is the first condition of successful developm ent.  We support Africa's efforts to build a 
peaceful and stable Africa.  We will help Africa's fra gile states to emerge successfully from crisis and 
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 peace, in the spirit of the UN Charter.  And we  back the African Union and the other African 
institutions which must continue to develop their capacity for promoting lasting peace and stability on 
the continent. In this regard, we are progressing with our Sea Island commitment to train and, where 
appropriate equip, some 75,000 troops by 2010 to take part in peace support operations worldwide, 
with a sustained focus on Africa.  We commend a nd will continue to support the African Union's 
mission in Sudan (Darfur), just as we are contri buting to UNMIS's operation in southern Sudan. 
 9. We will enhance our support fo r the development of Africa's capacity to resolve conflicts and 
keep the peace, consistent with our national laws, by:  
 (a) Providing coordinated technical assistance to the African Standby Force and helping 
to establish planning elements at the African Union HQ and its regional brigades. 
  (b) Supporting the AU in developing its ability to deploy unarmed military observer 
missions, civilian policing opera tions and gendarmerie/carabinieri-like forces as part 
of stabilisation and peace support operations. 
  (c) Providing support, including flexible f unding, for African peace support operations 
including transport, logistics and financial management capacity. 
  (d) Countering terrorism in Africa, including through co-operation with the AU Anti-
Terrorism Centre in Algiers. 
  (e) Supporting efforts from regional and intern ational organizations to reinforce African 
capacity to promote peace and stability. 
 
10. We will also help Africa prevent conflict and ensure that previous conflicts do not re-emerge, 
by:   (a) Working in partnership with the AU a nd sub-regional organizations, including by 
providing resources to develop their planne d Continental Early Warning System and 
implement the AU Panel of the Wise to address and mediate conflicts before they 
erupt into violence. 
  (b) Enhancing the capabilities of the AU and African sub-organizations, building on the 
existing G8 Action Plan for Expanding Global Capability for Peace Support Operations, as well as commitments from the Evian and Kananaskis Summits. To 
support this, we will work to promote with in our respective governments mechanisms 
for more effective and flexible cris is response and promote faster, more 
comprehensive and coordinated partner responses engaging ourselves, the UN, key 
regional organizations and other partners. 
  (c) Maximising the contribution of local and multinational companies to peace and 
stability including through working with the UN Global Compact and developing 
OECD guidance for companies worki ng in zones of weak governance. 
  (d) Working to implement UN sanctions regimes more effectively by improved 
coordination of existing monitoring mechanisms and more efficient use of 
independent expertise. 
  (e) Acting effectively in the UN and in other fora to combat the role played by 'conflict 
resources' such as oil, diamonds and timber , and other scarce natural resources, in 
starting and fuelling conflicts. 
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  (f) Improving the effectiveness of transfer controls over small ar ms and light weapons, 
including at inter alia  the review conference of the UN Programme of Action on 
small arms and light weapons in 2006, and taking effective action in Africa to collect 
and destroy illicit small arms. Development of international standards in arms 
transfers, including a common understanding of governments' responsibilities, would 
be an important step towards tackling th e undesirable proliferation of conventional 
arms.  We agree on the need for further work  to build a consensus for action to tackle 
the undesirable proliferation of conventional arms. 
  (g) Working in support of the UN Secretar y General's proposed new Peace Building 
Commission. 
 11. We will give greater attention and resour ces to reconstruction and reconciliation in post-
conflict countries by:  
 (a) Providing rapid and flexible multilatera l and bilateral debt relief for post-conflict 
countries, where appropriate. 
  (b) Allocating grant financing for recons truction needs, including the disarmament, 
demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) into civilian society of former combatants. 
 
12. We will work urgently with other partne rs to improve the timeliness, predictability, 
effectiveness and availability of humanitarian assistance by: 
  (a) Helping to fund sufficiently the urgent n eeds of millions of Africans caught up in the 
humanitarian emergencies identified by the UN in Africa, especially in the so-called 
'forgotten humanitarian crises', so that c oordinated emergency funding is available in 
time to save lives at risk. 
  (b) Working with the UN to improve the tr acking, reporting, and coordination of the 
resources provided for humanitarian emergencies. 
 
 (c) Supporting the UNSG's work to strengthen the international humanitarian response 
system. The G8 members are working with  the Secretary General to improve the 
speed of response, efficiency, responsibility, accountability and transparency of humanitarian assistance operations on the gr ound, while respectin g the principles of 
humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence of humanitarian assistance. 
 
 (d) Working with the African  Union to promote the increased engagement of African 
Governments to ensure that there is sa fe and unimpeded access to the population for 
humanitarian personnel, and to support, address and resolve humanitarian crises. 
 
Promoting Good and Responsive Governance
 
 
13. We welcome African institutions' engageme nt in promoting and enhancing effective 
governance, including NEPAD's strong statements in  support of democracy and human rights.  Well-
governed states are critical to peace and security; economic growth and prosperity; ensuring respect for human rights and promotion of gender equalit y and the delivery of essential services to the 
citizens of Africa.  We will support African countries' efforts to make their governments more 
transparent, capable and responsive to the will of  their people; improve governance at the regional 
level and across the continent; and strengthen the African institutions that  are essential to this. 
 14. In response to this African commitment, we will: 
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  (a) Help strengthen the AU and NEPAD, including through: 
   • support, including flexible funding, for the African Union and other pan-
African institutions such as the Pan-African Parliament; 
 
  • support to the African Peer Revi ew Mechanism (APRM) , while respecting 
African ownership, such as through contributions to the APRM Secretariat Trust Fund; 
 
  • appropriate and coordinated support to African countries in the 
implementation of their good governan ce national strategies, including their 
country action plans for implementation of APRM recommendations. 
  (b) Support greater transparency in public  financial management , including revenues, 
budgets and expenditure, licences, procur ement and public concessions, including 
through increased support to capacity building in those African countries that are 
taking credible action against corrup tion and increasing transparency and 
accountability. 
  (c) Support African partners in signing and ratifying the African Union Convention on 
Preventing and Combating Corruption and provide support towards the 
implementation of the AU Convention. 
  (d) As part of our work to combat corruption and promote transparency, increase support 
to the Extractive Industries Transparency  Initiative and countries implementing EITI, 
including through financial and technical m easures. We call on African resource-rich 
countries to implement EITI or similar principles of transparency and on the World 
Bank, IMF and regional development ba nks to support them. We support the 
development of appropriate criteria for valid ating EITI implementation. Transparency 
should be extended to other sectors, as the G8 is doing in pilot projects. 
  (e) Call on African countries to implement the African Charter on Human and People's 
Rights and its protocols in order to encourage respect for the rights of ethnic 
minorities, women and children. 
  (f) Work vigorously for early ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption and 
start discussions on mechanisms to ensure its effective implementation. Work to 
establish effective mechanisms, consistent with the provisions of UNCAC and 
previous G8 commitments, within our own administrations for the recovery of assets, including those stolen through corruption, taking into account final disposal of confiscated property where appropriate, a nd to return assets to their legitimate 
owners. We encourage all countries to promul gate rules to deny entry and safe haven, 
when appropriate, to officials and individuals  found guilty of public corruption, those 
who corrupt them, and their assets. 
  (g) To further protect the international fi nancial system from illicit corruption proceeds, 
we encourage all countries to require enhanced due diligence for financial 
transactions involving politically exposed pers ons. In addition, we urge all countries 
to comply with UN Security Council reso lution 1532 to identify and freeze the assets 
of designated persons. 
  (h) Reduce bribery by the private sector by rigorously enforcing laws against the bribery 
of foreign public officials, including prosecuting those engaged in bribery; 
strengthening anti-bribery requirements fo r those applying for export credits and  WT/L/617 
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 credit guarantees, and continuing our support for peer review, in line with the OECD 
Convention; encouraging companies to adopt anti-bribery compliance programmes and report solicitations of bribery; and by  committing to co-operate with African 
governments to ensure the prosecution of  those engaged in bribery and bribe 
solicitation. 
 
 (i) Take concrete steps to protect financial markets from criminal abuse, including 
bribery and corruption, by pressing all fina ncial centres to obtain and implement the 
highest international standards of transparen cy and exchange of information. We will 
continue to support Financial Stability Fo rums ongoing work to promote and review 
progress on the implementation of internati onal standards, particularly the new 
process concerning offshore financial centr es that was agreed in March 2005, and the 
OECD's high standards in favour of transpar ency and exchange of information in all 
tax matters. 
 Investing in People
 
 
15. Life expectancy is increasing in every con tinent except Africa, where it has been falling for 
the last 20 years.  We will continue to support A frican strategies to improve health, education and 
food security.  
16. To unlock the vast human potential of Afri ca, we will work with Africa to create an 
environment where its most capable citizens, in cluding teachers and healthcare workers, see a long-
term future on the continent.  We will work with  committed national governments to assist in creating 
that environment.  
17. The core aims for education and health are stated in the UN Millennium Declaration.  We 
support our African partners' commitment to ensure  that by 2015 all children have access to and 
complete free and compulsory primary education of  good quality, and have access to basic health care 
(free wherever countries choose to provide this) to  reduce mortality among those most at risk from 
dying from preventable causes, particularly women and children; and so that the spread of HIV, 
malaria and other killer diseases is halted and re versed and people have  access to safe water and 
sanitation. 
 18. We will work to achieve these aims by:   (a) Working with African governments, respec ting their ownership, to invest more in 
better education, extra teachers and new sc hools.  This is made more crucial by the 
number of teachers dying from AIDS.  As part of this effort, we will work to support the Education for All agenda in Africa, in cluding continuing our support for the Fast 
Track Initiative (FTI) and our efforts to help FTI-endorsed countries to develop 
sustainable capacity and identify the resour ces necessary to pursue their sustainable 
educational strategies.  Our aim is that every FTI-elected country will develop the 
capacity and have the resources necessary to  implement their sustainable education 
strategies. 
  (b) Helping develop skilled professionals for Africa's private and public sectors, through 
supporting networks of excelle nce between African's and other countries' institutions 
of higher education and centres of excelle nce in science and technology institutions. 
In this respect, we look forward to the outcome of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society taking place in November in Tunis. 
 
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 will ensure our actions strengthen health  systems at national and local level and 
across all sectors since this is vital fo r long-term improvements in overall health, 
and we will encourage donors to  help build health capacity. 
 
 (d) With the aim of an AIDS-free genera tion in Africa, significantly reducing HIV 
infections and working with WHO, UNAIDS and other international bodies to 
develop and implement a package for HIV prevention, treatment and care, with the aim of as close as possible to universal acc ess to treatment for all those who need it 
by 2010.  Limited health systems capacity is a major constraint to achieving this and we will work with our partners in Afri ca to address this, including supporting the 
establishment of reliable and accountable supply chain management and reporting 
systems.  We will also work with them to  ensure that all children left orphaned or 
vulnerable by AIDS or other pandemics ar e given proper support.  We will work to 
meet the financing needs for HIV/AIDS, including through the replenishment this year of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; and actively working with 
local stakeholders to implement the '3 Ones' principles in all countries. 
  (e) Building on the valuable G8 Global HIV/ AIDS vaccine enterprise, increasing direct 
investment and taking forward work on mark et incentives, as a complement to basic 
research, through such mechanisms as P ublic Private Partne rships and Advance 
Purchase Commitments to encourage the de velopment of vaccines, microbicides and 
drugs for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other neglected diseases. We note 
continuing work to explore establishing an International Centre for Genetic 
Engineering & Biotechnology centre in Africa  to help research into vaccines for the 
diseases that are afflicting the continent. 
 
 (f) Supporting the Polio Eradication Initiative  for the post eradication period in 2006-8 
through continuing or increasing our ow n contributions toward the $829 million 
target and mobilising the support of others . We are pleased that the funding gap for 
2005 has been met. 
  (g) Working with African countries to scal e up action against malaria to reach 85 per 
cent of the vulnerable populations with the key interventions that will save 600,000 
children's lives a year by 2015 and reduce the drag on African economies from this preventable and treatable disease. By contributing to the additional $1.5bn a year needed annually to help ensu re access to anti-malaria in secticide-treated mosquito 
nets, adequate and sustainable suppli es of Combination Therapies including 
Artemisin, presumptive treatment for pre gnant women and babies, household residual 
spraying and the capacity in African health  services to effectively use them, we can 
reduce the burden of malaria as a major k iller of children in sub-Saharan Africa. 
  (h) Helping to meet the needs identified by the Stop TB Partnership.  We also support the 
call for a high-level conference of Health Ministers for TB in 2006. 
 
 (i) Implementing the G8 water action plan agr eed at Evian, in partnership with the AfDB 
initiative on rural water and sanitation, including through increasing aid in this sector; maintaining political momentum and commitment on the water issue; and reinforcing coordination and monitoring mechanisms. 
 
 (j) Reconfirming our Sea Island commitment to help countries that are willing to make a 
political commitment to develop comprehens ive food security and famine prevention 
programmes. 
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 Promoting Growth  
 
19. Private enterprise is a prime engine of gr owth and development. Enhancing governance and 
the rule of law will attract more and broader priv ate investment, including FDI, which is the basic 
condition for inclusive growth.  African countries need  to build a much stronger investment climate: 
we will continue to help them do so, including through the promotion of a stable, efficient and 
harmonised legal business framework (noting the work of the OHADA business legal unification 
process and the improvement of the investment climate through the OECD/NEPAD Investment Initiative) and increased access to finance including strong support for the development of micro-
finance in Africa. Partnership between th e public and private sectors is crucial. 
 
20. Investment is needed in sustainable agricultu re, which is the most important economic sector 
for most Africans.  African governments have ma de a commitment to invest 10 per cent of their 
budgets in agriculture.  We will strengt hen our support for their commitment. 
 
21. An ambitious and balanced conclusion to the Doha Round is the best way to make trade work 
for Africa and increase African countries' integra tion into the global economy.  The Hong Kong 
Ministerial in December will be a critical step towards a successful outcome of the DDA in 2006.  
Our separate statement on the DDA gives more details  of the potential benefits.  The World Bank 
estimates that completing these negotiations could lift 140 million people out of poverty.  
22. We agree: 
  (a) To increase our help to developing countries to build the physical, human and 
institutional capacity to trade, includi ng trade facilitation measures.  We are 
committed to granting additional support for trade capacity building to assist LDCs, 
particularly in Africa, to take advantage of the new opportunities to trade which will 
result from a positive conclusion of the DDA.  We call on the IFIs to submit proposals to the annual meetings for add itional assistance to countries to develop 
their capacity to trade and ease ad justment in their economies. 
  (b) To provide resources and training to help African producers meet current and new 
health and safety standards for food expor ts and other products. We will encourage 
our national standard setting and regulator y bodies to work with African exporters 
and national authorities, and we will support A frican nations in playing their full part 
in the relevant international standard se tting bodies, in order to facilitate African 
export to our markets. 
 
 (c) To support African efforts to increase S outh-South trade and regional integration, to 
improve specialisation and creat e more jobs and prosperity. 
  (d) To improve the utilisation of our pr eference schemes by ensuring that rules 
(particularly rules of origin) are transparent and simple to follow and do not 
inadvertently preclude eligible developi ng countries from taking advantage of those 
schemes. We support the efforts underway by  the World Bank and others to address 
concerns regarding trade preference erosi on. We further agree to report back on 
progress to future presidencies. 
 
23. Infrastructure and supply-side weaknesses of ten prevent the poorest countries from exploiting 
their trading opportunities and need to be addresse d. To boost growth, attract new investment and 
contribute to building Africa's capacity to trade we will:   (a) Continue our work to build an intern ational infrastructure consortium involving the 
AU, NEPAD, World Bank and African De velopment Bank (AfDB), recognized by WT/L/617 
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 NEPAD as the lead infrastructure agency, to facilitate infrastructure investment, 
including in cross-border infrastructure, in Africa. This should achieve more effective 
and larger-scale infrastructure activity to b ack Africa's priorities, and to identify and 
overcome project development, financing,  and business environment constraints, 
recognising the comparative advantages of different donors and the private sector. 
 
 (b) Support investment, enterprise devel opment and innovation, for example through 
support to the AU/NEPAD Invest ment Climate Facility, the Enhanced Private Sector 
Assistance with the AfDB, and other appropria te institutions; to invest in SMEs and 
microfinance, and through actions by the re levant International Financial Institutions 
and African governments to increase access to financial services through increased 
partnerships between commercial banks a nd micro-finance institutions, including 
through support for diversification of fi nancial services available to the poor and 
effective use of remittances. 
 
 (c) Support a comprehensive set of actions to  raise agricultural productivity, strengthen 
urban-rural linkages and empower the poor, based on national initiatives and in 
cooperation with the AU/NEPA D Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development 
Programme (CAADP) and other African initiatives. 
  (d) Encourage best practice in responsible investment through African private sector 
networks, including support to the UN Global Compact. 
  (e) Welcome the growing market for fai r-trade goods and their positive effect in 
supporting livelihoods and increasing public awar eness of the positive role of trade in 
development. 
 
 (f) Support youth employment in Africa for both men and women, including vocational 
education and training rele vant to market demands. 
 
Financing for Development
 
 24. Successful development requires sustained and consistent progress across the range of areas 
we have identified:  strengthened peace and secu rity, better governance, improved healthcare and 
education, enhanced growth, access to markets, a nd capacity to trade.  Implementation will require 
access to additional resources for Africa and other deve loping countries.  Some of this can and should 
come from developing countries' domestic resources, FDI and other private flows and increased trade.  
This will increase as developing country economies grow.  The primary responsibility for this lies 
with developing countries themselves.  Additional resources will also come from remittances and 
donations from private individuals in developed co untries, and we welcome our citizens' generous 
response to appeals for the Tsunami, Sudan and other emergencies.  Some of this financing can come 
from environmental initiatives.  Support for peace a nd security is also relevant to building the 
foundation for development.  We invite the Deve lopment Assistance Committee of the OECD to 
pursue its work on the way different flows to developing countries are taken into account. 
 25. A substantial increase in official development assistance, in addition to other resources, is 
required in order to achieve the internationally agreed development goals and objectives, including 
those contained in the Millennium Declaration (the  Millennium Goals) by 2015, as we agreed at 
Monterrey in 2002.  Fulfilling this commitment is ne eded in order to consolidate and build on recent 
progress in Africa, to stimulate the growth that w ill increase other resources and to enable African and 
other poor countries over time to reduce their aid dependency.   WT/L/617 
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 26. G8 countries and other donors have made subs tantial commitments to increase aid, through a 
variety of means, including traditional developmen t assistance, debt relief and innovative financing 
mechanisms.  Our commitments are set out in Annex II.  27. The commitments of the G8 and other donors will lead to an increase in  official development 
assistance to Africa of $25 billion a year by 2010, more than doubling aid to Africa compared to 
2004.  28. As we confront the development challeng es in Africa, we recognize there is a global 
development challenge facing the world as a whole.  On the basis of donor commitments and other 
relevant factors, the OECD estimates that offici al development assistance from the G8 and other 
donors to all developing countries will now increase by  around $50 billion a year by 2010, compared 
to 2004.  29. The G8 has agreed a proposal to cancel 100 pe r cent of outstanding debts of eligible Heavily 
Indebted Poor Countries to the IMF, IDA and Afri can Development Fund, a nd to provide additional 
resources to ensure that the financing capacity of th e IFIs is not reduced, as set out in the statement of 
11 June.  We welcome the agreement in principle by  the Paris Club aimed at achieving a sustainable 
exit for Nigeria from its debt problems.  30. These substantial extra resources will be focused on countries where they will make a 
difference, to accelerate progress towa rds the achievement of the Millennium Goals, and help us to 
achieve the objectives set out in this statement.  We will focus aid on low income countries, which are 
committed to growth and poverty reduction, to demo cratic, accountable and transparent government, 
and to sound public financial management, although aid is also important to respond to humanitarian 
crises and countries affected by or at risk of conflict. 
 
31. It is up to developing countries themselve s and their governments to take the lead on 
development. They need to decide, plan and seque nce their economic policies to fit with their own 
development strategies, for which they s hould be accountable to all their people. 
 32. We need to support sound development strategi es with better aid, to en sure it is used most 
effectively.  We will implement and be monito red on all commitments we made in the Paris 
Declaration on aid effectiveness, including enhancing efforts to untie aid; disbursing aid in a timely 
and predictable fashion, through partner country systems where possible; increasing harmonization 
and donor coordination, including through more programme-based approaches.  Partnership and Mutual Accountability:  Gleneagles and Beyond
 
 
33. We need an effective mechanism to take forward our high-level strategic dialogue with 
Africa, focussing on the results of our joint efforts.  We acknowledge the producti ve role played by the 
Africa Personal Representatives and the Africa Partnership Forum.  We agree that the APF should be strengthened.  We recommend that the APF meet tw ice yearly at an appropriately high level, 
reviewing progress by all the partners involved in th is joint undertaking not only by the G8 but also 
by Africans and other development partners.  We encourage the APF to develop a process for 
monitoring, reporting and reviewing progress agains t milestones and benchmarks and to enable 
corrective action to be taken.  There should be su fficient support for the APF to enable effective 
follow up, including by the G8, on implementation between meetings, working with AU/NEPAD, 
DECD/DAC, ECA and other organizations. 
    
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 Conclusion: from Gleneagles to New York and Hong Kong
 
 
34. Through our agreement today and the previous  G8 commitments we will continue to support 
the efforts of African countries to build lasting p eace and prosperity.  Many of the proposed measures 
have a wider applicability to the developing world as a whole and are consistent with the vision set 
out in the UN Secretary General's proposals.  We ca ll on other world leaders and institutions to work 
together to achieve a successful UN Summit in Sept ember that will take forward this agenda, building 
on the impetus that we have created today.  35. We also call on other world leaders to join  us in ensuring a successful WTO Ministerial in 
Hong Kong in December, leading to the conclusion in 2006 of the Doha Development Round with an 
agreement to a trade package that has the potential to help lift millions out  of poverty.  It is in all our 
interests that we succeed.  WT/L/617 
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 ANNEX I 
 
The G8 and international response 
 
• Birmingham in 1998 agreed that there was a need to enhance the heavily indebted poor 
countries (HIPC) initiative, launched at the Lyon  summit in 1996, to pr ovide more relief to 
more poor countries. 
 • Cologne in 1999 launched the enhanced HIPC in itiative.  This has help ed to increase social 
expenditure in 27, mostly African, countries by around $4bn per year. 
 
• Okinawa in 2000 was the first G8 Summit to inv ite African leaders to outreach dialogue.  It 
also began the process that led to the establishment of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria in Genoa in 2001. 
 
• At Genoa, in 2001, the G8 recognized the need to respond to NEPAD through the Genoa Plan 
for Action and appointed Africa Personal Re presentatives to reco mmend specific actions. 
 • At Kananaskis in 2002, the G8 launched the Africa Action Plan inaugurating the new 
partnership between the G8 and Africa.  We said th en that this would help to ensure that no 
country committed to poverty reduction, good governance and economic reform would be 
denied the chance to achieve the Millenni um Goals through lack of finance. 
 • At Evian in 2003, the G8 announced specific measures to take these forward, a Water action 
plan and a new G8/Africa plan to enhan ce African capabilities to undertake peace support 
operations; and created the Africa Partnership Forum for dialogue between Africans and 
development partners beyond the G8. 
 • At Sea Island in 2004, the G8 agreed further measures to tackle HIV and polio, to enhance the 
role of the private sector in development, to promote transparency and fight corruption, to take additional steps to enhance productivit y and to expand global peace support operations 
capabilities. 
 
• And in addition to this, each G8 government  has made its own specific commitments in 
support of Africa.  We have collectively doubled our aid to Africa since 2001. WT/L/617 
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 ANNEX II 
 
Financing commitments (as submitted by individual G8 members) 
 
• The EU has pledged to reach 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI by 2015 with a new interim collective 
target of 0.56 per cent ODA/GNI  by 2010.  The EU will near ly double its ODA between 2004 
and 2010 from €34.5 billion to €67 billion.  At least 50 per cent of this increase should go to 
sub-Saharan Africa. 
 • Germany (supported by innovative instrument s) has undertaken to reach 0.51 per cent 
ODA/GNI in 2010 and 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI in 2015. 
 • Italy has undertaken to reach 0.51 per cent ODA/GNI in 2010 and 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI in 
2015. 
 
• France has announced a timetabl e to reach 0.5 per cent ODA/GNI in 2007, of which 2/3 for 
Africa, – representing at least a doubling of ODA since 2000 – and 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI in 2012. 
 • The UK has announced a timetable to reach 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI by 2013 and will double 
its bilateral spending in Africa between 2003/04 and 2007/08. 
 
• A group of the countries above firmly believe that innovative financing mechanisms can help 
deliver and bring forward the financing need ed to achieve the Millennium Development 
Goals.  They will continue to consider the In ternational Financing Facility (IFF), a pilot IFF 
for Immunisation and a solidarity contributi on on plane tickets to finance development 
projects, in particular in the health sector, and to finance the IFF.  A working group will 
consider the implementation of these mechanisms. 
 • The US proposes to double aid to Sub-Saha ran Africa between 2004 and 2010.  It has 
launched the Millennium Challe nge Account, with the aim of providing up to $5 billion a 
year, the $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Re lief, an initiative to address Humanitarian 
Emergencies in Africa of more than $2 bill ion in 2005, and a new $1.2 billion malaria 
initiative.  The US will continue to work to prevent and mitigate conflict, including through 
the 5-year, $660 million Global Peace Operations Initiative. 
 • Japan intends to increase its ODA volume by $10 bi llion in aggregate over the next five years. 
Japan has committed to double its ODA to Africa  over the next three years and launched the 
$5 billion `Health and Development Initiative' over the next five years.  For the "Enhanced 
Private Sector Assistance (EPSA ) for Africa" facility, Japan w ill provide more than $1 billion 
over 5 years in partnership with the AfDB. 
 • Canada will double its international assistan ce from 2001 to 2010, with assistance to Africa 
doubling from 2003/4 to 2008/9.  As well, the 2005 Budget provided an additional C$342 
million to fight diseases that mainly afflict Africa.  The C$200 million Canada Investment 
Fund for Africa, will provide public-private risk  capital for private investments and Canada 
will provide C$190 million to support the AU's efforts in Darfur, as well as C$90 million for 
humanitarian needs. 
 
• Russia has cancelled and committed to cancel $11.3 billion worth of debts owed by African 
countries, including $2.2 billion of debt relief to the HIPC Initiative.  On top of this, Russia is 
considering writing off the entire stock of HIPC countries' debts on non-ODA loans.  This will add $750m to those countries debt relief. 
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